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In Podcast #27, we will explore the questions: Are my standards too high, too exacting for me to be truly happy? Why do I sometimes feel like I should get a “job” or do some kind of “work”? Does thinking about maybe getting a job make me better than other people? Am I worried that if I quit borrowing money from my friends, they’ll think I’m stuck-up?
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A salute to more early country musicians, especially the broken-hearted like George Jones, “who may not be walkin’ tall but he’s tryin’, and at least he’s learned how to stand on his own two knees.”
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This week you’ll hear from two of the pioneers of country music, plus a General Motors ad from the 2008 recession: Take this car……please.
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She was the second woman inducted into the Rock ’n Roll Hall of Fame and today few people remember her name, and he is the most famous composer from Brazil but spent much of his life playing the piano in a movie theater.
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Which of the following would you consider it advisable to do?
1. Hire Jerry Seinfeld as your life coach…
2. Buy a new automobile from Jerry Lundegaard…
3. Debate Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) as to the meaning of the concept of Force Majeure.
Find out on this week’s episode of “The Voice of the Arts”!
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You just might want to listen to Podcast #22 if you answer YES to the following questions:
Are you so tired of superheroes that even a hero sandwich gives you pause?
Are you a man who can readily observe unique qualities in your spouse such as the ability to save you from a school of man-eating rainbow trout?
Are you a baby boomer who has experienced the heartache of being unable to find a human being anywhere on a customer hotline?
These, and more, explored in this week’s episode of “The Voice of the Arts”!
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Flannery O’Connor’s chilling tale of a vacation bound family that encounters three prison escapees on a twisting dirt road in South Georgia is the centerpiece of our most recent podcast from “The Voice of the Arts.”
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“Never, never had anyone spoken to me in that tone before. I looked at him incredulously and saw his face convulsed with rage. It was only then that I fully realized how God had codded me, listening to my prayers for the safe return of this monster.” – Character Larry, speaking of his father, in Frank O’Connor’s “My Oedipus Complex.”
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It is not rare for us fallible humans to make a mistake every now and again, but does doing something stupid make you an idiot? Or are you merely someone who suffers from idiocy? Humorist Ian Frazier struggles with this distinction in his raucous New Yorker essay “What I Am,” one of two Frazier pieces we feature on this week’s episode. Jeff Foxworthy makes an appearance with some of his hilariously acerbic insights into being a Southerner, and show favorite Jack Handey generously presents some ideas for paintings to struggling artists in need of inspiration.
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When, as children, fate can send us into one of two third grade classrooms, we get our first taste of life’s randomness. Richard Yates’ short story “Fun With a Stranger” captures in exquisite detail how one teacher can make the classroom feel like a dungeon.